Life is a Miracle
Each heartbeat that we have is a miracle. The fact that we are alive is a miracle. No matter what we are doing, our heart beats on and supports us. Whether we are doing good or evil, our heart beats on.
This heartbeat is the spirit of God’s gift to us…Life. So, what are we to do with all these daily gifts?
First, we need to recognize that our life is fleeting and a gift. It is amazing that we exist and that we can think about the fact that we exist. At this point in time I am reading a book on Evolution. While the premise of the book is to support the evolution of species, it does not shy from the sheer magnitude of the “miracle” that life happened. So, even if you suppose that we came from micro-organisms in the primordial sludge, the miracle is still there. The CHANCE of this happening is as near to nothing as it can get!
Second, we need to be thankful for the day we have been given in the day itself. Every day I thank God for another day to breath, enjoy the Earth, and go out and (hopefully) fulfill God’s will for me (and fail), yet he still gives me another day!
The Force
Star Wars is just a movie (not really, at least not for me!) But this Force thing is something to consider. Obi Wan said the Force is an “energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the universe together.”
There is a “Force” in our heartbeat. We not only exist, we WORK to exist. Our heart and other aspects of our autonomous systems work continually to keep us going. Unlike other “machines” in the natural world, there is a striving that is in life.
When we read about the search for extraterrestrial life, we are made aware of scientists searching for minute traces of life (or that life existed) on other worlds (such as Mars…and certainly beyond.) We consider life as it may exist on other planets in small pockets of that world where the conditions for life may be present enough for it to arise.
Wow, compare this to Earth! No matter where we go, life is in our face! Our planet does not only HAVE life on it, it has it abundantly! We find life in the hottest geysers and within frozen ice. Life is literally everywhere! If intelligent beings were looking for life in our neck of the woods, it would be easy to find, we are sending out sirens and blue and red lights saying “LIFE IS HERE!”
This is what may make our Earth so unique in the universe. While Carl Sagan may have proposed that there should be millions of habitable planets…we seem to be the only one so far. So, for the time being, we are quite a miracle, and what a miracle all this is.
Don’t waste it
If our every day is such a miracle, how can we possibly waste it so much. I feel this sometimes…a lot of wasted days. I have less days in front of me than behind me (probably), so each day is that much more important. What will I do today to make it worthy of the miracle that it exists at all? What will I do with this absolutely amazing gift of another day? Isn’t this the purpose of our existence?
The Mission: Live this day in the miracle of your existence. Take account of every heartbeat and make your moments worth of each one.
Mark K.